Home Office

Ebrahim Raisi

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning President Ebrahim Raisi from entry to the UK in response to his involvement in serious human rights violations, as documented by Amnesty International.

Damian Hinds: The Home Office does not comment on individual cases. The Home Secretary can exclude a foreign national where it is conducive to the public good.

Department of Health and Social Care

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: Health Education

Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government has spent on public health messaging for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the last five years.

Maggie Throup: No specific public health messaging on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) has been undertaken in the last five years. However, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, NHS England and NHS Improvement and local commissioners continue to raise awareness and education on the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant. The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines published in 2016 provide clear advice to women not to drink alcohol if they are planning for a pregnancy or are pregnant.In 2020/21, the Department allocated £531,928 funding to five voluntary organisations to support grassroots initiatives to develop resources and training programmes for professionals and to help improve support for children and families affected by FASD.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Sarah Olney: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for ensuring that covid-19 vaccinations completed overseas are recognised under the NHS COVID Pass.

Maggie Throup: Since 30 September a pilot has been in place for overseas vaccinations to be recorded in the National Immunisation Management Service with some data available through the NHS COVID Pass. The Vaccine Data Resolution Service are contacting patients with overseas vaccinations in their health records to present evidence of their vaccination at their regional centre and receive any additional vaccinations required. The pilot involves three vaccination sites in England with additional locations available from 11 October as the pilot is deployed nationally. At the end of October, there will be one vaccination site in every region in England offering this service. Currently any Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Janssen or Moderna vaccinations administered by the European Medicines Agency, the Food and Drug Administration or Swissmedic will be recorded via the NHS COVID Pass.

Maternity Services: Finance

Justin Madders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Trusts have applied for the additional funding that was made available in response to the findings of the Ockenden report; how much each such Trust has (a) applied for and (b) received to date.

Maggie Throup: The information requested is shown in the following table. TrustOriginal bid total value 6 May 2021 £Total 2021/22 allocation (part year September 2021) £Airedale NHS Foundation Trust1,252,192148,803 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust807,732408,904Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust284,877193,089Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust518,511124,995Barts Health NHS Trust2,590,042693,225Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust1,378,5021,040,098Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust456,291261,476Bolton NHS Foundation Trust541,505201,313Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,070,5261,344,456Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust318,337219,466Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust488,208412,414Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust495,114380,316Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust612,378420,628Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2,364,1031,270,115Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust400,761318,066Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust843,183314,466County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust1,583,072634,923Croydon Health Services NHS Trust1,461,591557,411Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust1,027,109455,416Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust567,988220,725Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust827,660248,454East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust834,962482,419East Cheshire NHS Trust636,124258,510East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust1,147,954886,774East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust853,426362,131East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust571,587188,113Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust253,90086,304Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust966,167818,568Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust530,181240,808George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust1,093,090225,558Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust815,905383,925Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust533,570338,133Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust982,451562,385Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,373,665766,847Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust423,669273,125Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust972,4721,238,318Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust715,349129,893Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust540,633362,198Isle of Wight NHS Trust554,009241,584Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust483,415448,795King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1,004,043719,567Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1,264,801464,460Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust389,393138,797Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust899,543332,181Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust1,620,632782,098Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust1,298,096217,777London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust1,261,169759,539Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust1,136,540495,878Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust2,471,658583,693Medway NHS Foundation Trust1,035,684393,221Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust1,262,1031,948,672Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust482,978284,865Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust255,689144,326Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust  Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)*1,503,7381,556,665  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustJames Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)*934,7551,017,201North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust786,935386,333North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust488,080108,031North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust1,030,3831,294,487Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust568,109191,966Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust243,027152,338Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust2,232,040931,611Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust623,081269,818Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust1,799,9992,716,293Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust933,750156,226Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust1,115,415711,830Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust814,130610,888Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust447,824462,235Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust553,762310,237Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust431,030390,084Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust546,072262,598Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust492,788331,795Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust369,900317,437Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust728,672427,623Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,215,2761,256,381Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust683,524171,677Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust821,370291,675Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation TrustSomerset NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)*875,734550,860South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,427,975513,838South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust729,908243,746South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust430,933177,328Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust532,610264,757St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,246,578682,149St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust783,726159,799Stockport NHS Foundation Trust408,193661,922Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust874,006523,048Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust595,86476,664The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust1,021,397438,694The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust608,616407,188The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust913,583505,490The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust722,952376,861The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust252,49255,389The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust390,212182,462Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust444,384207,723United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust317,227258,891North Middlesex University Hospital NHS TrustRoyal Free London NHS Foundation TrustThe Whittington Health NHS TrustUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)*2,767,6081,550,305University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust250,975186,379University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust932,997697,617University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust  North Bristol NHS Trust (lead trust)*711,100624,157  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust1,665,250705,716University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust1,208,036535,947University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust1,728,332417,735University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust732,539789,937University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust753,140223,162University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust295,052282,039University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust538,932484,576University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust2,521,058725,640Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust869,333596,393Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust519,827294,297West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust1,123,433658,402East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustWest Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)*1,793,8581,576,451Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust423,542398,582Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust308,613316,217Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust1,023,668370,698Wye Valley NHS Trust591,23785,481York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1,384,798505,506 Note:*Collaborative bid partnerships with the joint figure listed with to the nominated lead trust.

Bio Products Laboratory

Sir Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times officials in his Department have met with representatives of Bio Products Laboratory Limited in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Maria Caulfield: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has had eight meetings with Bio Products Limited concerning maintenance of their product licences and inspections in relation to its licensed manufacturing process over the last three years.

Baroness Harding of Winscombe

Deidre Brock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 174153 on Baroness Harding of Winscombe, if he will publish the diary of Baroness Harding of Winscombe, in her role as Executive Chair of Test and Trace for the first month of her appointment.

Maggie Throup: We have no plans to do so. Information on meetings at Ministerial and Permanent Secretary level only are routinely published at GOV.UK.

Coronavirus: Screening

James Wild: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many lateral flow device testing kits the UK Health Security Agency (a) has purchased, (b) has distributed and (c) holds in storage; and how much has been spent to date on those testing kits.

Maggie Throup: As of 7 September, 1.8 billion lateral flow tests have been purchased, 1,168 million have been dispatched and 325 million are held in storage. We are unable to provide the cost of lateral flow devices purchased to date as this information is commercially sensitive.

Food: Advertising

Greg Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with representatives of the food and drink industry to discuss the potential for loss of revenue as a result of introducing restrictions on the promotion and placement of products that are high in fat, salt and sugar.

Maggie Throup: The Department has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including the food and drink industry, on proposals for restrictions on the promotion of high fat, salt and sugar products. We have been careful to consider the views of industry through two consultations and extensive engagement throughout the development of the regulations. The final impact assessments on the proposals to restrict the promotion of foods high in fat, salt and sugar by location and by volume are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restricting-promotions-of-food-and-drink-that-is-high-in-fat-sugar-and-salt

Coronavirus: Disease Control

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help prevent a national lockdown as a result of covid-19 during autumn 2021.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on people's mental health of a further covid-19 lockdown in 2021.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of a firebreak lockdown on preventing the transmission of covid-19.

Maggie Throup: The success of the vaccination programme means that stringent economic and social restrictions may not be needed this autumn. The risk of COVID-19 will be managed through pharmaceutical interventions like vaccines and antivirals, including vaccines for those aged 12 to 15 years old and measures such as continuing the test, trace and isolate programme; continued support for the National Health Service and social care; and managing risks at the border.A Department of Health and Social Care and Office for National Statistics paper analysing the direct and indirect health impacts of COVID-19, including a case study on the mental health impacts and the use of mental health services during the pandemic is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-direct-and-indirect-health-impacts-of-covid-19-in-england-long-paper-9-september-2021‘COVID-19 Response: Autumn and Winter Plan 2021’ sets out potential measures which will be kept under review, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-autumn-and-winter-plan-2021

NHS: Coronavirus

Sir Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason boxes of three months supply of covid-19 tests are no longer available to people working for and volunteering in the NHS.

Maggie Throup: Previously, NHS Test and Trace supplied tests directly to National Health Service distribution centres. However, from July 2021, we moved to the universal testing offer to enable staff to order directly from GOV.UK, and maintain a regular supply delivered to their home. This testing offer can be used by both NHS staff and volunteers.

Travel: Quarantine

Sir Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to recognise, for the purposes of exemption from managed quarantine, AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccinations given to  UK citizens in Gambia through the World Health Organisation's COVAX programme.

Maggie Throup: We do not exempt people from managed quarantine based on vaccination status. Gambia is not a designated ‘red list’ country, so travellers to the United Kingdom are not required to enter managed quarantine unless they have transited through a country on the ‘red list’.

Travel: Quarantine

Sir Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will expedite decisions on applications for exemption to managed quarantine from applicants seeking to return to UK in response to relatives becoming seriously ill.

Maggie Throup: All requests for exemptions from Managed Quarantine are carefully considered. In extremely limited circumstances, an exemption on compassionate grounds may be granted. To expedite the decision-making process applicants should provide supporting medical evidence and apply at least 14 days before travel. Requests for exemptions are identified and prioritised in the same way and applications processed in order of receipt and prioritised based on the proposed date of travel.

Travel: Coronavirus

Seema Malhotra: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on refunds for PCR tests provided by private providers for British citizens travelling abroad or returning home who are required to take PCR tests, when the test results do not arrive; and if he will make a statement.

Maggie Throup: Those purchasing tests from private providers have access to the full range of consumer rights and as individuals are contracting a private service, we advise customers to report any issues directly to the test provider. If the issue cannot be resolved, consumers should contact their local trading standards office.The Department monitors the performance of all private providers and those with inadequate services receive a five-day warning to demonstrate they have rectified their service and if not, they are removed from the GOV.UK list.

HIV Infection: Disease Control

Dan Carden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is being made available to deliver the Government’s commitment to end new cases of HIV by 2030.

Maggie Throup: Funding for HIV treatment and care services is provided by NHS England and NHS Improvement through specialised commissioning. HIV testing and prevention is funded by local government through the ringfenced Public Health Grant. In addition, in March 2020, the Government announced that the HIV prevention drug pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) would be routinely available across England. The Public Health Grant in 2021/22 includes £23.4 million to cover local authority costs of routine commissioning of PrEP in addition to £11 million in 2020/2021. PrEP is now routinely available in the specialist sexual and reproductive health services throughout the country.

Travel: Coronavirus

Emma Hardy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department used to inform the covid-19 PCR test rules for people travelling internationally without a double vaccination; and if he will publish that evidence.

Maggie Throup: We are unable to provide the specific advice and evidence as it relates to the ongoing development of Government policy. However, the Department used evidence from Public Health England to inform polymerase chain reaction testing rules. This indicated that immunisation of travellers would reduce the risk of a traveller having become infected before starting their journey and reduce the risk of transmission in groups of travellers where large proportion have been immunised.

Travel: Coronavirus

Emma Hardy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide free covid-19 PCR testing for people who wish to travel internationally.

Maggie Throup: We currently have no plans to do so.

Coronavirus

Sir Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the information made publicly available on covid-19 symptoms.

Maggie Throup: I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders MP) on 23 July to Question 25024.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Sir Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for rolling out the covid-19 booster vaccine to people identified as being clinically extremely vulnerable.

Maggie Throup: The first COVID-19 booster vaccination was administered on 16 September from 20 September, over 1.5 million people were invited to receive the vaccine.Booster vaccines will be offered to individuals who received vaccination in phase one of the vaccination programme in priority groups one to nine, including all those aged 16 to 49 years old with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advises that the dose is offered no earlier than six months after completion of the primary vaccine course, and that the programme should as far as possible be deployed in the same order as phase one.

Coronavirus: Yellow Card Scheme

Alex Sobel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish (a) the number of cases of successful recovery from covid-19 and (b) the number of deaths under the yellow card scheme.

Maggie Throup: The Department have no plans to do so as there is no agreed definition of a 'recovered' case. Many people will have recovered without National Health Service treatment and therefore this information is not collected. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency publishes a weekly report on data received through the Yellow Card Scheme, including the number of fatal events where the patient was reported as dying shortly after vaccination, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions